16 stone 19 year old HELP

Of course they are losing WEIGHT, a third of it is probably lean muscle tissue.

How can you retain something when you are on a deficit??

Key to weight control is maintaining or increasing your metabolic rate. Starving yourself does the opposite. Naturally, the less food you intake the more your brain instructs your body to retain.

I do not understand how a calorie deficit makes more sense than providing your body with the right amount of good fuel to work like it should do.

I'm not saying go home after a workout and eat your house. Yes our bodies will run on anything, because we are amazing and complex, but if you give it the right amount of carbs, fats and proteins - it will do good things for you.

At the end of the day there are numerous studies that show that a strong, not slim, person is less likely to be affected by heart disease and certain disabilities. There is a big difference between being healthy & fit and being slim.

I started gym recently and as I will be starting uni in September I wanted to get in shape.
This isn't my first time in the gym I have been quite a few times, but for some reasons and this is very strange I am not losing considerable amount of fat.
I am working very hard and that can be seen in other parts of my body such as my arms, legs, chest & traps. But my stomach is the only downside. I have tried everything and even my diet is now top notch.
Any help/advice would be very appreciated.

I'd recommed weight training & good diet with the famous 40/30/30 proportions.

Try going vegan. You can eat all you want of things like green vegetables, potatoes, rice, fruits, cereals, soups and stay slim. Good for the environment and animals too.

Of course it is true. This is because of what happens after your workout. A study carried out at University in Colorado, published in 2003 showed that the fat oxidation after strength training is much higher than post cardio training. 22% higher to be accurate. That is 15 hours after the training session. Building muscle and burning fat is a zig-zag, inevitable process. Trying to lose fat only, usually will also result in loss of muscle tissue which = slower metabolic rate which = less fat loss (mainly because your body will try and hold on to the fat that is left behind in order to survive). Another factor is the Resting Metabolic Rate (RMB), what this refers to is the recovery stage. The way your muscles grow is by recover. You cause loads of little tears in the muscle tissue when doing proper weight training (I mentioned the swelling in my previous post which is due to the inflammation cause by those tears and followed by recovery). Your body then heals (if you provide it with enough fuel to do so), building the muscle a little stronger every time. Now your body burns a lot of calories during this process. Weight training elevates the numbers more than any aerobic exercise. Mainly because our muscle training requires a lot more effort than running or cycling which is repetitive and our bodies easily adapt to.

You want muscle, and do not worry about 'getting too big.' I hear so many people say that (including women) before they hit the gym. And I never hear them say 'Oh my god, I have too much muscle, i think I'm getting too bulky.'

Just make sure you get as much information behind your belt, and avoid advice from anyone who mentions 'calorie deficit.' It may work in losing weight but what you will end up being is not 'fit' you will be 'weak.' And when you are weak you are prone to disabilities, heart disease, fractures etc as you get older.

Absolute nonsense. Go onto MFP and talk to the thousands that are losing weight on there. You will see most peple are doing regular exercise as well as being at a deficit. Calorie defiit is how to lose weight, fitness is for health and you shuld be doing both. You will not gain significnat muscle whilst you are at deficit, what you cna do is retain myscle so you lower your body fat. This is your ultimate goal.

The reason you ,lose weight is because of calorie deficit.

If you dont believe me go and make that post on MFP and see how many hundreds of people who are fit and successyly lost weight disagree with you.

I started gym recently and as I will be starting uni in September I wanted to get in shape.
This isn't my first time in the gym I have been quite a few times, but for some reasons and this is very strange I am not losing considerable amount of fat.
I am working very hard and that can be seen in other parts of my body such as my arms, legs, chest & traps. But my stomach is the only downside. I have tried everything and even my diet is now top notch.
Any help/advice would be very appreciated.

Good luck to you Hungry Cucumber and 999tigger on your calorie deficit journey, just don't spread that bs to people. I thought we were past the stage of anaemic and bulimic teenagers dying of heart attacks because they read in the Sun that Britney eats a carrot and a cracker a day.

Anyways, there is plenty of info out there! Do your own research (probably not on MFP), another good way is to chat to the people at the gym. A lot of them, especially if they have spent years on trial & error, like helping others out. Enjoy it and treat your body well.

Good luck x

I answered every one of your questions. You dont appreciate the difference between nutrution, exercise and weight ,loss. You really are being immature now. No mention was made of bulimia or anorexia. Any diet is really a lifestyle change and a combination of a healthy sustainable amount of food calorie controlled) nutrition and exercise.

Lol chat to people at the gym, most of them dont know what they are doing including many of the trainers. You dont need trial and error you just need to know the science and how to make it work. You clearly have a lot to learn about weight loss.

The only reason you lose weight is because your body is at a calorie deficit. That is science, but its something you cant seem to come to terms with. Irrespective of exercise or nutrition. It doesnt mean you should ignore them but weight loss= deficit.

Good luck to you Hungry Cucumber and 999tigger on your calorie deficit journey, just don't spread that bs to people. I thought we were past the stage of anaemic and bulimic teenagers dying of heart attacks because they read in the Sun that Britney eats a carrot and a cracker a day.



Anyways, there is plenty of info out there! Do your own research (probably not on MFP), another good way is to chat to the people at the gym. A lot of them, especially if they have spent years on trial & error, like helping others out. Enjoy it and treat your body well.

Good luck x

I answered every one of your questions. You dont appreciate the difference between nutrution, exercise and weight ,loss. You really are being immature now. No mention was made of bulimia or anorexia. Any diet is really a lifestyle change and a combination of a healthy sustainable amount of food calorie controlled) nutrition and exercise.

Lol chat to people at the gym, most of them dont know what they are doing including many of the trainers. You dont need trial and error you just need to know the science and how to make it work. You clearly have a lot to learn about weight loss.

The only reason you lose weight is because your body is at a calorie deficit. That is science, but its something you cant seem to come to terms with. Irrespective of exercise or nutrition. It doesnt mean you should ignore them but weight loss= deficit.

Oh word?

I could also oppose every bit of advice anyone gives out but I don't really find that entertaining. Negativity just beams outta you. 😩 Evil vibes - im out

Tc

I’m obese I’m 14 and 5.5 and 30 stones and my stomach sticks out and flops down. I know I’m fat for my age. I’m the younger in my family and I’m the fattest in my family. I’m around 22stones overweight. I been fat all my life. I need to go to see a specialist doctor about my weight at 10 year old, I was 20 stones when I was 10. I been trying to loose weight but I can’t. I want to be 12 stones. I have to go to a shop for obese people. I see older people and weight less than me. Sometimes I need a wheelchair to go around places. I can’t see my feet. They need to weight me, take my blood pressure, my bmi, what I am eating, measure my belly and height, every two months. Every time I go she says you are getting fat every time I see you. I have a nurse to take me and stayed with me and take me home. My teacher said to me that you are fat. My bmi is very high, hope no one do this.